Posted by Margi on May 20, 1999 at 21:27:38:
In Reply to: Re: Unsure if I Belong posted by Vince S. on May 19, 1999 at 02:05:09:
Hi,
Keep trying new things, Vince, something WILL work....just keep reading all you can here...share with your doc [you're so lucky to find one that will listen and believe in CH!] Take your own advice and exhaust every possibility. So many different things work for different people - you'll find the right combination, I know it.
Do try the Dramamine [or Gravol if you are in Canada]. It will give you at least one good night's sleep and charge your batteries up enough to fight tomorrow. Mike takes three Gravol at night and, for some reason, it puts you to sleep but prevents you from going into the REM phase of sleep which appears to be what the Beast is waiting for. At the peak of his cycle when he was so desperate for sleep, it gave him three consecutive nights in a row with no CH. It was like a breath of fresh air for him. Didn't break the cycle but so much of the stress is sleep deprivation that we grasp onto ANYTHING that will help. He has also had a similar effect from taking Benedryl. He took it one particularly bad afternoon and got about three hours of much needed sleep.
Just throwing some ideas atcha. Hope something works soon.
Pain free days ahead.
Margi